Project Grant SCS80018GR0012

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research initiative to increase access to K-8 computer science education for learners with disabilities. The $399,361 grant awarded on January 1, 2025 will fund a networked improvement community partnership between the Computer Science Teachers Association, Broward County Public Schools in Florida, Chicago Public Schools in Illinois, and the Computer Science...

This $360,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports a research-practice partnership between New Mexico State University, the New Mexico Public Education Department, and other state-level organizations. The goal is to understand how to prepare high school teachers in rural, diverse communities to effectively teach a culturally responsive computer science curriculum that meets the...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $153,400 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Washington to develop youth data literacies through a visual programming environment. The one-year project will investigate using blocks-based programming with everyday information to teach secondary school students data science skills. A data-focused visual block-based programming toolkit will be created for students to manipulate...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development and implementation of culturally relevant computer science (CS) education for indigenous middle school students in grades 6-8. The $300,000 award to the Tides Center, a nonprofit organization, will fund three main objectives over a two-year period from January 2025 to December 2026: (1) culturally adapting existing CS content to create a one-semester foundational course...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports a collaborative research and development effort between Northwestern University and Evanston-Skokie District 65 to investigate new approaches to student collaboration and problem-solving in computer science (CS) classrooms. The $1,344,035 project will expand the TunePad Playbooks learning platform to develop technology and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,300,000 to the University of Virginia to develop low-cost, adaptable physical computing tools such as robots to provide equitable opportunities for elementary and middle school students to learn computer science (CS) skills and concepts. The project aims to investigate how these educational robots can help students develop CS understanding and executive functioning skills, while...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $156,000 to Northwestern University to rapidly develop and research a set of "unplugged" hands-on learning activities for teaching middle-school students about artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to create an open-source repository of up to 15 hands-on, low-cost AI literacy activities that can be led by educators...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,156,140 to support the "Collaborative Research: Learner-Co-Created Social Robots for Supporting Girls' Development of AI and Computing Skills" project. The award aims to empower middle school girls from historically underrepresented backgrounds to engage in robotics education, develop positive STEM identities, and explore the societal implications of...

This $199,999 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant supports the development and evaluation of an age-appropriate, career-driven AI educational program in smart manufacturing for 50 high-school students from underserved Alabama school districts. Key program components include: Creation of AI learning modules focused on the fused filament fabrication (FFF) additive manufacturing process, incorporating real-time...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $587,947 to Arizona State University, in collaboration with the Ohio State University, to develop and implement a nationwide pre-college robotics curriculum. The primary objectives are to create robust, accessible robotics lessons that can be used as standalone resources or integrated into existing engineering programs. The project aims to bridge the gap in pre-college engineering education...